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Docomomo Preservation Technology Dossier 7: Technology of Sensations: The Alvar Aalto Vyborg Library (September 2004)

Introduction:
— Preface by Tatyana Svetelnikova
— The Technology of Sensations by Ola Wedebrunn

Case Studies:
— Zonnestraal: Restoration of a Transitory Architecture by Wessel de Jonge
— The Narkomfin House and the Modern Movement in Moscow by Anke Zalivako
— The Alvar Aalto Library in Vyborg by Maija Kairamo & Tapani Mustonen
— The 1950s Renovation of Viipuri Library by Kirsti Reskalenko
— What’s the Time in Vyborg? by Liisa Roberts with Olga Fedotova, Dina Grigorieva, Yana Klichuk, Lyuba Mukhorova & Anya Yaskina

Construction of Sensations:
— An Analysis of the Daylighting Principles in Two Libraries Designed by Alvar Aalto by Merete Madsen
— The Structure and System of Alvar Aalto’s Round Skylight by Markku Norvatsuo
— Aalto and Natural Light Constructions by Tina Sarawgi
— Thermal Comfort in the Viipuri Library by Emmanuelle Gallo
— Architectural Paint Research in the Vyborg Library by Mariël Polman
— An Acoustic Research of the Undulating Wooden Ceiling in the Vyborg Library by Bob Mortensen
— Description of the Building’s Construction (English Translation of a Text) by Alvar Aalto
— Epilogue by Maija Kairamo